Production Process
This week once again we were watched to ask multiple videos. The first video was about design thinking. Now, what is design thinking? Design thinking is a set of tools to help you solve problems creatively. Design thinking helps to solve complex ideas and to look through all problem solving to do with creativity. It is important as without design thinking you have no structure to what you are doing, it is seen as having no format or layout on a resume. Design thinking allows you to keep on track and stay organized step by step. There are 5 main steps for design thinking.
The next video was about Film Production Stages. There are 3 different production stages which are pre-production, production and post-production The middle part known as production is the most focused on as it has to do with shooting. Pre-production is used for designing your film and preparing for production such as writing, cast and costumes. The last stage is post-production which is wrapping up the film by editing, sound effects, and colour correction. Learning about these stages can really improve my course work in the near future as we could potentially be shooting our own films.
Empathise is the first step and it helps you to gather information on what you're doing such as who am I making this for? and what is their product? By doing this it allows you to have an idea of what you exactly need by gathering information from the client or your team. The next step is Define, This means with your information in the last step you are taking what you need and breaking it down. Ideate is essentially coming up with a solution, brainstorms are most often used for this step. Prototype is using the broken down ideas and turning them into a testable product which leads us into the next step which is Test. Test is taking the creation and testing it with people, from this you gather feedback and go back to the Define stage and the whole cycle repeats once again with better and updated ideas.
The next video was about Film Production Stages. There are 3 different production stages which are pre-production, production and post-production The middle part known as production is the most focused on as it has to do with shooting. Pre-production is used for designing your film and preparing for production such as writing, cast and costumes. The last stage is post-production which is wrapping up the film by editing, sound effects, and colour correction. Learning about these stages can really improve my course work in the near future as we could potentially be shooting our own films.
The video after that was linked in with the video before talking about how to improve your documentary. Rob from Science Filmmaking tips also talked about the different production stages but really went into detail with many tips such as backing up every piece of media with media managing and having our team and others provide feedback which is key as I personally think in my opinion feedback is the best source of information as you have others sharing their opinions on what you could do to improve your film.
The last video was on 4 easy steps to film a short documentary. Indy talks about ''SOT'' (Sound On Top) which is the audio used for interviewing people. Having audio can make people use both senses eyes and ears to really take in what's happening in the film. The voiceover is next and what the voiceover is, is talking over a piece of media. Indy talks about B-Roll which are shots of media taken while recording. This could be anything to a shot of scenery or a clip of people walking. It would be boring if it was only headshots. Last but not least is Natural Sound Break which are natural sounds that are produced in their natural soundscape. Putting these in-between audio clips can add a better sound effect. I think all of these tips can help me in the near future and I will definitely put them to good use.
- Kate O Toole
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Hi Kate, firstly I want to say how much I really really enjoyed reading your blog. I instantly noticed your writing style and how professional your tone is but you also still manage to connect yourself to the writer and I found that really nice.
ReplyDeleteI liked your question in the introduction of your blog, it makes me feel as a reader involved and it feels almost like a conversation. I also noticed the structure of your blog and how well you structured it. It felt really smooth to read since you included a start, middle and end.
Your level of detail while explaining each step of design thinking is impressive. As a reader, I felt like I really understood what you were explaining.
The only thing I would like to give you advice on is reference where you got your information from by maybe putting it at the bottom/ end of your blog or even at the beginning mentioning where you got your source. Other than that, I found your blog really well written. :)
- Jessica
Hi Kate! I really enjoyed reading your blog. I found your layout really nice with the image placed in the middle in order to split the post up into more pre-production focused content and more production and post-production focused content. I found that the way you write is really engaging, however I found myself a bit lost in the sentences at times. If you tried to split some of your longer sentences up with commas I think your blog would flow a bit better and be a little bit easier to understand. You were really descriptive in explaining each topic which I found really good, I felt really informed and understood the topics as well. Your writing style is really nice and conversational, but still informative and clear. Overall, your post and your writing is of really high quality. I just think if you worked on shortening your sentences or adding more commas, it would help your blog to flow more nicely! -Ella
ReplyDeleteHi Katie, firstly I would like to say how much I really enjoyed reading your blog. I think the way you structured your paragraphs by breaking up the next as you were changing topics fit so well. It made your points easy to read and you can tell you put a lot of time and effort into it.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of your blog was the way that you asked questions and then followed it by your understaning of the question. Your examples were noticeably clear and made it a lot easier to understand as I learned a lot based on that example alone.
Secondly, I would like to also mention how you were able to express your points while keeping everything short and simple. I feel like that is a skill that is often overlooked but you executed it very well.
And lastly, the only thing I would recommend is that you add your commas in your paragraphs so it's easier for the reader to read. I also noticed how you didnt add the name or the date when it came to your reference. Other than that everything looks great as you can tell it was well thought out! - Christelle